Advertisement

Nursing

Home Nursing
The use of current hormonal contraceptives can safely prevent new conception after complete hydatidiform mole irrespective of human chorionic gonadotropin level

Hormonal Contraceptives Safe After Complete Hydatidiform Mole

HC use doesn't increase risk of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia regardless of hCG level
The patterns of pediatric mandible fracture vary with age and sex

Patterns of Pediatric Mandible Fx Vary With Age, Sex

Younger patients, females more likely to have condyle fractures, fractures caused by falls
For patients with poor-prognosis cancer

Time-Limited Strategies Feasible for ICU Critical Cancer Care

For patients with poor-prognosis solid tumors, trial duration of one to four ICU days may be sufficient
Although new statistics show that smoking among American teenagers has dropped 64 percent in recent years

CDC: Teen Smoking Down, Marijuana Use Up

Second report indicates more American adults are trying to break the tobacco habit
Improved prescribing practices could help reduce opioid abuse and overdose deaths from those drugs

CDC: Prescribing Practices Key to Curbing Rx Abuse

Small number of doctors write most opioid prescriptions, study finds
As many as half of postsurgical infections and more than a quarter of infections after chemotherapy are caused by organisms already resistant to standard antibiotics

Rising Threat of Antibiotic Resistance in Surgery, Chemo

10 percent rise in antibiotic resistance would lead to 2,100 more deaths, 40,000 more infections yearly
States with strong alcohol control policies have lower death rates connected to alcohol-related liver damage

Stricter Alcohol Policy Tied to Lower Rates of Cirrhosis Mortality

Strongest link between alcohol policies and alcoholic cirrhosis deaths seen in northeastern U.S.
Exposure to high-strain jobs is associated with an increased risk of stroke

Stroke Risk Higher for People With High-Strain Jobs

Findings more pronounced for ischemic stroke, significant only in women
The melanoma patients receptive to an Internet-delivered behavioral intervention to promote skin self-examination and sun protection behaviors may already have higher knowledge of melanoma signs

Internet Interventions Interest Informed Melanoma Patients

Those most receptive are younger, comfortable with Internet, more knowledgeable about melanoma
Lower-income patients with cancer are less likely to participate in clinical trials

Lower-Income Cancer Patients Less Likely to Participate in Trials

Trial participation decreases with decreasing annual household income